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Fairy Tales & Folklore Audiobooks
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Anansi the Spider is the master trickster, and his shenanigans are humorously presented in these fantastic narratives based on West African folktales. In Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock the clever Anansi uses a magic rock he finds to pilfer food from his animal friends. What he doesn’t realize is that the shy Little Bush Deer is observing his antics, and ultimately tricks the trickster! Rhythmic text helps build the suspense to a satisfying and delightful conclusion. The funny, accessible telling of Anansi Goes Fishing is a perfect companion to the first tale in this series of stories about the Trickster Spider. This time it’s Turtle who outwits the Lazy Anansi when the spider asks his friend to teach him how to fish. Hoping to con Turtle of his fish, instead Anansi gets stuck doing all the work, and though he appeals for justice from Judge Warthog, his reputation precedes him and he receives no sympathy. Fortunately, he does learn the skill of weaving in this sprightly tale sure to amuse the picture book crowd.
Anatole's adventure begins and ends quietly beside the rosy brick dollhouse in Uncle Terrible's living room. But everything in between the beginning and the end is like a 3-dimensional comic strip dream. Anatole is the only one who can rescue Uncle Terrible and his friend Rosemarie from the wizard Arcimboldo's enchantments. Everything depends on the outcome of a wacky game of checkers, the unweaving of a magical cloak, and a slightly dopey bat.
Böse Wesen haben es auch nicht leicht. Zum Beispiel Zauberrat Beelzebub Irrwitzer und seine Tante Tyrannja Vamperl. Am Silvesternachmittag sitzen sie beisammen und stellen fest: Sie haben ja für dieses Jahr noch gar nicht ihr Soll an bösen Taten vollbracht! Nicht, dass sie faul gewesen wären, oh nein! Nur waren da eben stets der Rabe Jacob und Kater Maurizio, die alles getan haben, um ihre finsteren Pläne zu vereiteln. Und nun wird die Zeit knapp: Bis Mitternacht müssen Irrwitzer und seine Tante ihr Werk vollbracht haben?-?sonst kommen sie in die Hölle.
Eine wahrhaft irrwitzige Mischung aus Fabel, modernem Märchen und Abenteuergeschichte, die Michael Ende da erdacht hat. Auf diesem Hörbuch trägt er sie selbst eindrucksvoll vor. Durch seine sonore Erzählstimme bekommen die Geschehnisse ganz besonderes Gewicht: Denn Michael Ende erzählt nicht nur eine spannungsgeladene Geschichte, sondern präsentiert nebenbei ein nachdenklich stimmendes Gleichnis zu den Themen Umweltverschmutzung und Naturkatastrophen, das auch Erwachsene nicht kalt lässt.
Fans of L. Frank Baum's fantasy classic will cheer for the chance to return to the magical land of Oz. Once again, Dorothy and Toto are transported from Kansas to Oz, where they join Jack Pumpkinhead and the Saw-Horse on an incredible journey to the Emerald City.
New York Timesbest-selling author Robin McKinley has won numerous awards for her writing, including the prestigious Newbery Medal. Though her two sisters are beautiful, Beauty, despite her name, is thin and awkward - but she's also courageous. So when her father makes a terrible promise to a Beast living in an enchanted castle, Beauty knows she must volunteer to be the Beast's prisoner.
Am Rande einer großen Stadt liegt die Ruine des Amphitheaters. Und neuerdings spricht es sich bei den Menschen herum, dass dort ein Kind lebt, merkwürdig angezogen und mit dem Namen Momo. Momo lehnt es ab, in der Stadt zu leben — und irgendwann haben sich alle damit abgefunden. Bald merken die Leute sogar, dass sie Momo brauchen, denn sie kann etwas ganz Besonderes: zuhören. So gewinnt sie richtig gute Freunde. Aber dann fällt ein Schatten über die Gegend: Die Grauen Herren erscheinen, um den Menschen ihre Zeit zu stehlen!
Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider named Astrophil who likes to hide in her snarled hair and give her advice. Her best friend can trap lightning inside a glass sphere. Petra also has a father in faraway Prague who is able to move metal with his mind. He has been commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world's finest astronomical clock. Petra's life is forever changed when, one day, her father returns home - blind. The prince has stolen his eyes, enchanted them, and now wears them. But why? Petra doesn't know, but she knows this: she will go to Prague, sneak into Salamander Castle, and steal her father's eyes back. Joining forces with Neel, whose fingers extend into invisible ghosts that pick locks and pockets, Petra finds that many people in the castle are not what they seem, and that her father's clock has powers capable of destroying their world. Marie Rutkoski's startling debut novel, about the risks we take to protect those we love, brims with magic, political intrigue, and heroism. The Cabinet of Wonders is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
This humorous retelling of a favorite folktale recounts how the Chinese came to give their children short names. Beautifully illustrated, this perfect read-aloud storybook is one adults and children will enjoy sharing together again and again.When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names. Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the name of a mother's first, and most honored, son. It means, "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world!"
